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Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices

Baker Botts L.L.P.
910 LOUISIANA STREET
HOUSTON
TEXAS 77002-4995
TEXAS
United States
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Benjamin Gonsoulin

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Work Department

Litigation

Position

Partner

Career

Ben Gonsoulin is a trial attorney in the firm’s Houston office. Ben represents clients in high-stakes, complex litigation and focuses his practice on energy, environmental, mass action, and real estate matters.

Ben has worked with a broad range of clients in the energy, chemical, power, and real estate industries in disputes involving industrial accidents and crises, environmental contamination claims, toxic tort claims, contractual claims, fraud claims, and significant personal injury, property damage, and wrongful death claims. Ben has practiced in venues across the country, representing clients in federal and state court and in arbitration proceedings. He routinely advises clients in all stages of litigation, guiding them through pre-litigation claim assessment and analysis, strategically navigating pre-trial discovery and motion practice, and advocating for his clients at trial and on appeal.

Memberships

State Bar of Texas

Louisiana State Bar

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas

United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle & Western Districts of Louisiana

The Institute for Energy Law, Advisory Board and Leadership Class 2022-23

The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law, Publications Committee 2021-24

Houston Bar Association

Houston Young Lawyers Association

Houston Bar Foundation, Fellow

Education

J.D., Vanderbilt University Law School 2012
Member, Moot Court Board

B.A., Political Science, Louisiana State University 2009
magna cum laude

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas

The energy litigation team at Baker Botts L.L.P. has a strong track record in handling high-end oil and gas cases in the US, on behalf of clients across the industry, including multinationals, service companies, pipelines, refiners and major trade organizations. The practice encompasses the entire range of oil and gas mandates, including environmental incidents, energy transition and litigation arising from the aftermath of Winter Storm Uri. Other key areas of expertise include price gouging, restructuring, business interruptions, force majeure and liability due to the oil price collapse. The team is led by William Kroger, who has considerable experience advising clients on a wide array of oil and gas, renewables and power disputes, while Louie Layrisson handles litigation across the US and before various arbitral institutions on behalf of investors, developers and manufacturers. Jason Newman acts for energy clients in disputes stemming from horizontal development in Texas and throughout the US. Tina Nguyen is an experienced trial lawyer who works with oil and gas and renewable clients on lease and power purchase agreements, royalty obligations, pricing disputes and nuisance claims. Senior associate Chauntelle Wood is skilled in royalty and pipeline disputes, while Benjamin Gonsoulin has experience in disputes involving industrial accidents, environmental contamination and toxic tort claims.

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